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"
Gramercy
for
thy
courtesy
,
"
replied
the
Disinherited
Knight
,
"
and
to
requite
it
,
I
advise
thee
to
take
a
fresh
horse
and
a
new
lance
,
for
by
my
honour
you
will
need
both
.
"
Having
expressed
himself
thus
confidently
,
he
reined
his
horse
backward
down
the
slope
which
he
had
ascended
,
and
compelled
him
in
the
same
manner
to
move
backward
through
the
lists
,
till
he
reached
the
northern
extremity
,
where
he
remained
stationary
,
in
expectation
of
his
antagonist
.
This
feat
of
horsemanship
again
attracted
the
applause
of
the
multitude
.
However
incensed
at
his
adversary
for
the
precautions
which
he
recommended
,
Brian
de
Bois-Guilbert
did
not
neglect
his
advice
;
for
his
honour
was
too
nearly
concerned
,
to
permit
his
neglecting
any
means
which
might
ensure
victory
over
his
presumptuous
opponent
.
He
changed
his
horse
for
a
proved
and
fresh
one
of
great
strength
and
spirit
.
He
chose
a
new
and
a
tough
spear
,
lest
the
wood
of
the
former
might
have
been
strained
in
the
previous
encounters
he
had
sustained
.
Lastly
,
he
laid
aside
his
shield
,
which
had
received
some
little
damage
,
and
received
another
from
his
squires
.
His
first
had
only
borne
the
general
device
of
his
rider
,
representing
two
knights
riding
upon
one
horse
,
an
emblem
expressive
of
the
original
humility
and
poverty
of
the
Templars
,
qualities
which
they
had
since
exchanged
for
the
arrogance
and
wealth
that
finally
occasioned
their
suppression
.
Bois-Guilbert
's
new
shield
bore
a
raven
in
full
flight
,
holding
in
its
claws
a
skull
,
and
bearing
the
motto
,
"
Gare
le
Corbeau
"
.
When
the
two
champions
stood
opposed
to
each
other
at
the
two
extremities
of
the
lists
,
the
public
expectation
was
strained
to
the
highest
pitch
.
Few
augured
the
possibility
that
the
encounter
could
terminate
well
for
the
Disinherited
Knight
,
yet
his
courage
and
gallantry
secured
the
general
good
wishes
of
the
spectators
.
The
trumpets
had
no
sooner
given
the
signal
,
than
the
champions
vanished
from
their
posts
with
the
speed
of
lightning
,
and
closed
in
the
centre
of
the
lists
with
the
shock
of
a
thunderbolt
.
The
lances
burst
into
shivers
up
to
the
very
grasp
,
and
it
seemed
at
the
moment
that
both
knights
had
fallen
,
for
the
shock
had
made
each
horse
recoil
backwards
upon
its
haunches
.
The
address
of
the
riders
recovered
their
steeds
by
use
of
the
bridle
and
spur
;
and
having
glared
on
each
other
for
an
instant
with
eyes
which
seemed
to
flash
fire
through
the
bars
of
their
visors
,
each
made
a
demi-volte
,
and
,
retiring
to
the
extremity
of
the
lists
,
received
a
fresh
lance
from
the
attendants
.
A
loud
shout
from
the
spectators
,
waving
of
scarfs
and
handkerchiefs
,
and
general
acclamations
,
attested
the
interest
taken
by
the
spectators
in
this
encounter
;
the
most
equal
,
as
well
as
the
best
performed
,
which
had
graced
the
day
.
But
no
sooner
had
the
knights
resumed
their
station
,
than
the
clamour
of
applause
was
hushed
into
a
silence
,
so
deep
and
so
dead
,
that
it
seemed
the
multitude
were
afraid
even
to
breathe
.
A
few
minutes
pause
having
been
allowed
,
that
the
combatants
and
their
horses
might
recover
breath
,
Prince
John
with
his
truncheon
signed
to
the
trumpets
to
sound
the
onset
.
The
champions
a
second
time
sprung
from
their
stations
,
and
closed
in
the
centre
of
the
lists
,
with
the
same
speed
,
the
same
dexterity
,
the
same
violence
,
but
not
the
same
equal
fortune
as
before
.
In
this
second
encounter
,
the
Templar
aimed
at
the
centre
of
his
antagonist
's
shield
,
and
struck
it
so
fair
and
forcibly
,
that
his
spear
went
to
shivers
,
and
the
Disinherited
Knight
reeled
in
his
saddle
.
On
the
other
hand
,
that
champion
had
,
in
the
beginning
of
his
career
,
directed
the
point
of
his
lance
towards
Bois-Guilbert
's
shield
,
but
,
changing
his
aim
almost
in
the
moment
of
encounter
,
he
addressed
it
to
the
helmet
,
a
mark
more
difficult
to
hit
,
but
which
,
if
attained
,
rendered
the
shock
more
irresistible
.
Fair
and
true
he
hit
the
Norman
on
the
visor
,
where
his
lance
's
point
kept
hold
of
the
bars
.
Yet
,
even
at
this
disadvantage
,
the
Templar
sustained
his
high
reputation
;
and
had
not
the
girths
of
his
saddle
burst
,
he
might
not
have
been
unhorsed
.
As
it
chanced
,
however
,
saddle
,
horse
,
and
man
,
rolled
on
the
ground
under
a
cloud
of
dust
.
